Artist Opportunities

Find your next artistic endeavor! Submit a mural proposal or browse calls for art.

Organizations may submit a call for art to be listed on this page. To be featured, please send pertinent information including name of opportunity, important dates, image, and website with more information to Melissa Kuscin at mkuscin@artscouncilofprinceton.org.

artist opportunities

Live for Today, Leon Rainbow

PROPOSE A SPRING STREET MURAL

The Arts Council of Princeton (ACP) is looking to collaborate with local and regional artists for our Spring Street temporary mural location. Our community-driven mural-making process supports the Arts Council’s mission of building community through the arts, and is open to everyone. 

Spring Street murals are generally on view for 3-4 months. A stipend of $500 is provided for selected artists and some materials are provided by the ACP. The mural space, which is mounted MDF attached to the wall of the building, measures 32×8 feet.

Please submit your interest below. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis; ACP staff will be in touch if your proposal is to move forward. 

Questions? Please email Melissa Kuscin.

PROPOSE AN EXHIBITION

The Arts Council of Princeton’s Paul Robeson Center serves as a key resource for contemporary art in central New Jersey. Through thought-provoking exhibitions and related public programs, the Arts Council presents artwork with a broad range of aesthetic, social, cultural, and political themes.

The submission portal is closed and will reopen Summer 2024.

Area Opportunities

Aedra Fine Arts is looking for artists from all over the globe!

The best in show artists will have their work published with a critical review in our Artist Feature catalogue. Artists participating in our online exhibit will have 2 works of art on display and links to their website and social media. Artists keep 100% sales of their work.

You can apply for online exhibits by emailing the curator at curator@aedrafinearts.com

How to apply:

Email your resume, 3 image samples, and artist website.

There are no application or registration fees.

Deadline: Rolling

Calling All Gen Z Photographers!

Town Topics Newspaper invites you to showcase your favorite places to hang out! Show us where to find the best matcha latte, pizza, tacos, or ramen bowls.

Is your free time spent at the track, in the library, at a dog park, art studio, science lab, or browsing in retail stores?

Let Your Creativity Shine!

The most original photos will be published in the print and digital editions of Town Topics Newspaper on February 14 and posted on Instagram and Facebook.

Email your photos to editor@towntopics.com
No selfies please!
Images must be in the form of a jpeg or pdf.
Include the location of the photo with a brief description and your first name.

Submission Deadline: Monday, February 12

The Art School at Old Church, home to the Old Church Pottery Show and Sale, is celebrating its 50th year with new programing, events, and workshops. We currently have an open call for In Hand, a juried exhibition that explores the drinking vessel and the various approaches to the form. The exhibition will be held in person in The Mikhail Zakin Gallery located at The Art School at Old Church in Demarest, NJ and online. This year’s juror will be Bruce Dehnert.

https://www.tasoc.org/submissions

Important Dates:
Call Open Entry Deadline: March 31, 2024 11:59 pm ET
Results Announced via email: April 12, 2024
Hand-Deliver Deadline: 5/2 & 5/3 open hours 10am-4pm ET
Shipped Work Delivery Deadline: 4/29/2024-5/3/2024 *no deliveries on the weekend
Exhibition Dates: 5/10/2024 -6/14/2024
Opening Reception: 5/11/2024 6-9pm ET

In their 15th year, Art Jam is returning May 3-18 to Princeton, NJ! This juried art exhibit raises funds for HomeFront’s arts programs, to help heal trauma and break the cycle of poverty and homelessness in Central NJ. They feature 100 professional, national, and local artists and craftspeople, along with ArtSpace’s artists.

Artwork must be for sale and ready to hang or display. Artists receive 50% of retail price. No entry fee.

DEADLINE: March 1st

Apply at: http://www.homefront-artspace.com/artjam-2024

*FREE* International Call for Art – 6×6

Each summer Rochester Contemporary Art Center’s 6×6 exhibition brings together thousands of original artworks, made and donated by celebrities, international & local artists, designers, youth and YOU. Each artist may enter up to four artworks of any medium except glitter (2D or 3D). Artworks must be six inches square (15cm) and signed only on the back, to be exhibited anonymously. Participation is free. All artworks will be exhibited and for sale to the public for $20 each to benefit RoCo. Artists’ names will be revealed to the buyer upon purchase and all artworks remain on display through the end of the exhibition on July 23. Limit four artworks per school or school group (no limit for colleges).

Entry is FREE

Drop off artworks at RoCo during normal gallery hours Wed-Sat 12-5pm/Friday 12-9pm or mail artworks by April 8 to:
Rochester Contemporary Art Center
137 East Ave
Rochester, NY 14604
USA

6×6 will be on view in person and online June – July 2024!

For more information:
Email us at info@rochestercontemporary.org
Call us at 585-461-2222
Visit roco6x6.org
#RoCo6x6 @RoCo137

DEADLINE : April 6

Mail International Entries by April 1 / U.S. by April 8

The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant program is intended to provide interim financial assistance to qualified painters, printmakers, and sculptors whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident, and who lack the resources to meet that situation. Each grant is given as one-time assistance for a specific emergency, examples of which are fire, flood, or emergency medical need.

To be eligible for this program, an artist must be able to demonstrate a minimum involvement of ten years in a mature phase of his or her work. Artists must work in the disciplines of painting, sculpture or printmaking. Each application will be reviewed by the Directors, who will exercise their discretion in considering it, and will determine the amount of each award. Applicants should note there is a set amount appropriated for these grants each fiscal year; once this budgetary limit has been reached, the Foundation will not be able to judge any additional requests on their merits.

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NO DEADLINE.

Our local artists are the heart and soul of this community. That’s why Herald Publishing, which owns both River Towns Magazine and the Bucks County Herald, is so passionate about supporting local artists and helping to sustain a thriving arts community. It is that same passion that led to the creation of the Art of the River Towns Juried Show and Sale, co-chaired by Pearl and Chuck Mintzer, and the creation of this new online sales gallery. We didn’t want the postponement of the show until October, or what’s happening with our local economy generally to impede our efforts to generate sales for our artists.

In the coming weeks and months, this commitment will be translated into a significant level of marketing and promotional support for the online sales gallery—geared to promote sales of your work. All local artists are welcome to submit work. These are tough times for everyone, including our artists. For this reason, we are inviting all local artists, not just those whose work was selected by our jury for the Art of the River Towns Show, to submit work for sale on our Art of the River Towns Online Sales Gallery.

Learn more and submit your work.

DEADLINE: Ongoing

Administered by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, state fellowship programs provide funding for individual artists residing in Delaware and New Jersey to encourage and sustain these artists’ pursuit of artistic excellence.

Individual NJ-based artists must apply following the process outlined in the guidelines for New Jersey. At the annual deadline for these programs, a limited number of disciplines are accepted. All applications to these competitive programs are evaluated through a peer panel review process.

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DEADLINE: Vary upon opportunity